JetBlue Airways will convert 13 aircraft in its existing Airbus A321neo order book to the XLR version—launched at the Paris Air Show earlier this week—for delivery scheduled to begin in 2023.
Saudi Arabian LCC Flynas has signed an MOU with Airbus for 10 A321XLR aircraft, the extended-range version of the A321LR Airbus launched earlier in the week at the Paris Air Show.
Denmark-based regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has signed an MOU with Airbus for 20 A220 family aircraft, following a $2 billion letter of intent (LOI) for up to 105 ATR aircraft earlier in the week.
Delta Air Lines has acquired a 4.3% percent equity stake in Hanjin-KAL, Korean Air’s largest shareholder, setting the stage for even closer cooperation between the two joint-venture (JV) partners.
Airbus has not given up yet on securing a major narrowbody order from International Airlines Group (IAG)—flipping a commitment announced by the company for the Boeing 737 MAX earlier this week.
Collins Aerospace, broadening its aftermarket services reach and boosting its backlog, unveiled $1.5 billion in newly signed multi-year deals, including major wins for its Aerostructures and Power and Controls (PC) businesses.
In a joint declaration issued June 19, the CEOs of four major European manufacturers officially asked EU institutions to create a new public-private partnership that would help aviation meet its ambitious environmental targets.
Professional association and standards-writer SAE International says it is forming a new committee for applied artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation systems.
Scandinavian LCC Norwegian is on the lookout for feeder partners in the U.S. and Asia, mirroring the LCC connections agreement that it has with easyJet in Europe.
The FAA has announced plans to initiate two rulemakings aimed at simplifying the regulatory barriers to supersonic civil air travel, paving the way for U.S. startups including Aerion and Boom Supersonic to reintroduce supersonic passenger travel for the first time since the Concorde retired in 2003.
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Retired pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who gained fame after he landed a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River off Manhattan in 2009, told U.S. House lawmakers that pilots flying the Boeing 737 MAX should receive additional Level D full flight simulator (FFS) training.
AUCKLAND—Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon has announced he will be stepping down from his role in September, and the carrier has begun a search for his replacement.
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit, a former partner in the project.
Four men, including an alleged former Russian intelligence service colonel, have been charged with bringing the missile into Ukraine that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing all those on board the Boeing 777-200.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. revealed that it has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an unidentified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type.
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new Airbus long-range narrowbody.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has named Vivienne Tan to take over operational control of the carrier, after the airline’s president Jaime Bautista announced his retirement.
The newly-launched Airbus A321XLR saw another major order boost with an MOU for 50 of the long-range narrowbodies from U.S. private equity firm Indigo Partners.
Turboprop airframer ATR used the third day of the Paris Air Show to announce a new short take-off and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600 (ATR 42-600S), with 17 provisional orders already secured, as well as another 23 orders for its existing product range.
